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question to you is if democrats come in and there's a republican president, and they say like mitch mcconnell, our priority is to get mitt romney voted out of office, which can mitt romney do that barack obama couldn't. >> mitt romney knows how to sit down with someone and analyze the problem and find the aspects of the problem that are common ground. the democrats like to criticize this guy for making a lot of money. you don't make a lot of money without knowing how to sit down with people who may not agree with you to start. but end up agreeing with you at the end and that's what mitt romney brings to the table. >> obviously governor romney wants to talk a lot about the economy, and just what you're talking about, who can turn it around. and yet there seem to be, they're not side issues because they're core demographic issues that are affecting the party. i talked to former governor jeb bush about it. the standing among hispanics. a real liability for the party. >> the party understands that long-term we've got to continue what has been a long effort to reach minority groups like the hispan
question to you is if democrats come in and there's a republican president, and they say like mitch mcconnell, our priority is to get mitt romney voted out of office, which can mitt romney do that barack obama couldn't. >> mitt romney knows how to sit down with someone and analyze the problem and find the aspects of the problem that are common ground. the democrats like to criticize this guy for making a lot of money. you don't make a lot of money without knowing how to sit down with...
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obama himself in 2010, when he agreed with mcconnell to keep tax rates where they are, said many times, you don't raise taxes in recession. we are not technically in a recession, but we're clearly in a stagnant economy. that is to " obama himself on this. when it pleases him politically, he says he will not raise taxes because it will hurt the economy. when he needs it as a fairness issue in an election where he is not getting traction, he will sit opposite. the point is that even if you have these tax hikes, it would raise the maximum of $8 billion a year. we have a $1.30 trillion deficit. it is satisfaction, a shiny object you are putting over here. -- it is a distraction, shiny after to have -- shiny object you're putting over here. if you one, you have to do it with tax reform, entitled rent reform, and has to be across the board paid it will not have any effect on just the top 2%. >> margaret mentioned that i advise campaigns. as the veteran of four losing campaigns, one of the most important things you have to do is sit down and which it your own candidate. do the research on not
obama himself in 2010, when he agreed with mcconnell to keep tax rates where they are, said many times, you don't raise taxes in recession. we are not technically in a recession, but we're clearly in a stagnant economy. that is to " obama himself on this. when it pleases him politically, he says he will not raise taxes because it will hurt the economy. when he needs it as a fairness issue in an election where he is not getting traction, he will sit opposite. the point is that even if you...
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. >> to me the question is if we have an obama victory does senator mitch mcconnell come out chases saying look, it's time to cut the deal? and also what does paul ryan think. he will be the darling of the republicans. gwen: do we think that the well of the executive branch can be unpoisoned? >> i think so. i'm reasonably optimistic about the prospects that -- once we put the campaign 3w450eu7bd us, something's going to happen. it will be easier if obama is re-elected. boehner returns as speaker and harry reid returns as the senate leader because they've been in this before. i think president obama would call john boehner. and he would tweak his plan for a concession with republicans. if obama is re-elected, republicans for a brief moment would say, we've got to do a little business with him and then they will move on. gwen: we have to touch on the biggest story of the week which is the super storm sandy. and i wonder in the end -- i know in the beginning i thought to myself, well, in -- only blue states were affected. but i wonder what we saw with christie and bloomberg, whether that at t
. >> to me the question is if we have an obama victory does senator mitch mcconnell come out chases saying look, it's time to cut the deal? and also what does paul ryan think. he will be the darling of the republicans. gwen: do we think that the well of the executive branch can be unpoisoned? >> i think so. i'm reasonably optimistic about the prospects that -- once we put the campaign 3w450eu7bd us, something's going to happen. it will be easier if obama is re-elected. boehner...
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the democrats are desperate to beat mitch mcconnell in kentucky. they think they have a candidate to run against him. ashley judd. who's from kentucky and very active. that's my old beat. >> they want her. the money people in kentucky want ashley judd. chris: when we come back, everybody is going to remember that one. the big question coming up, which side would take longer to accept a loss, would the obama troops take it harder or the accept a loss, would the obama troops take it harder or the romney supars, but the best thing he ever taught me was to say please and thank you. and to have the wind at my back when tinkling outside. great teachers aren't just found in school.... the more you know. chris: after the recount in 2000, al gore conceded to george w. bush and democrats accepted the loss for the most part. this week's big question, this time, which side would find it tougher to accept a loss? john. >> i think democrats would probably find it tougher to accept a loss simply because so much of the republican party is never enamored of mitt ro
the democrats are desperate to beat mitch mcconnell in kentucky. they think they have a candidate to run against him. ashley judd. who's from kentucky and very active. that's my old beat. >> they want her. the money people in kentucky want ashley judd. chris: when we come back, everybody is going to remember that one. the big question coming up, which side would take longer to accept a loss, would the obama troops take it harder or the accept a loss, would the obama troops take it harder...
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the democrats are desperate to beat mitch mcconnell in kentucky. they think they have a candidate to run against him. ashley judd. who's from kentucky and very active. that's my old beat. >> they want her. the money people in kentucky want ashley judd. chris: when we come back, everybody is going to remember that one. the big question coming up, which side would take longer to accept a loss, would the obama troops take it harder or the romney sup ♪ just put a little bit of yourself ♪ ♪ in everything you do [ female announcer ] add your own ingredients to hamburger helper for a fresh take on a quick, delicious meal. it's one box with hundreds of possibilities. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. chris: after the recount in 2000, al gore conceded to george w. bush and democrats accepted the loss for the most part. this week's big question, this time, which
the democrats are desperate to beat mitch mcconnell in kentucky. they think they have a candidate to run against him. ashley judd. who's from kentucky and very active. that's my old beat. >> they want her. the money people in kentucky want ashley judd. chris: when we come back, everybody is going to remember that one. the big question coming up, which side would take longer to accept a loss, would the obama troops take it harder or the romney sup ♪ just put a little bit of yourself ♪...
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meanwhile, republicans are kicking up some same old bogus arguments this morning, senator mitch mcconnell used the old, you can't raise taxes on the job creators. he made that pitch again. he asked senator harry reid for two votes. one of the president's plan and one on a republican plan to extend tax cuts for people of all income levels. majority leader harry reid denied the request. he argued the gop vote would really do nothing but obstruct the president's plan and give massive tax breaks to the people who really don't need them in our economy. a vote will come soon on obama's plan. and it should pass as long as the republicans play ball. but remember, we've seen a record number of filibusters. stay tuned. for more, let's turn to "new york times" columnist charles blow, mark simone, and ari melber. mark, let me ask you first, why is it? why is it that the republicans want to continually protect the top 2% in the country? >> i don't trust either side on this. it's not going to be great either way. the bush tax cuts were only for the wealthy, just for the rich, but 98% of it went to the
meanwhile, republicans are kicking up some same old bogus arguments this morning, senator mitch mcconnell used the old, you can't raise taxes on the job creators. he made that pitch again. he asked senator harry reid for two votes. one of the president's plan and one on a republican plan to extend tax cuts for people of all income levels. majority leader harry reid denied the request. he argued the gop vote would really do nothing but obstruct the president's plan and give massive tax breaks to...
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mccain is between mcconnell and bondi. republicans with major political accomplishments do not seem to be the stars of this event. the big stuff, the big show offy stuff, the whole point of the event, the people for whom the really good talent is being saved -- it's the zillionaires. it's really the money that is the star of the show, elvira. joining us now is nbc news national investigative correspondent michael isikoff. nice to see you, thank you for being here. >> great to be here. >> i know you're not pursuing this line of inquiry because you want to sneak in to see the oak ridge boys, but i have to ask if of the events you're reporting on, whether most of them are open to the press or are going to be closed doors. >> funny you should ask because most of them are closed doors. i learned about many of these by getting the schedules from gop fund-raisers and consultants who have been getting these invitations, but one of the most prominent ones, which you mentioned, the salute to david koch oddly enough is a public one.
mccain is between mcconnell and bondi. republicans with major political accomplishments do not seem to be the stars of this event. the big stuff, the big show offy stuff, the whole point of the event, the people for whom the really good talent is being saved -- it's the zillionaires. it's really the money that is the star of the show, elvira. joining us now is nbc news national investigative correspondent michael isikoff. nice to see you, thank you for being here. >> great to be here....
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house speaker john boehner and mitch mcconnell say they are ready to get behind the overwhelmingly likely republican nominee. >> and i will be proud to support mitt romney and do everything i can to help him win. >> we're all behind him. looking forward to the fall campaign. >> not everyone, of course, has jumped on the romney bandwagon, including congresswoman michele bachmann. she's my guest from capitol hill. is it time to back mitt romney? >> i think like you saw in 2008 when hillary rodham clinton dropped out of the race, 18 million women got behind senator clinton. it took some time for those women to be comfortable with barack obama's candidacy. i think what we are seeing right now, it hasn't hardly been a week now since senator santorum and republican leader of the governor romney. we're seeing coalitions whether it's social conservatives, they are assessing the situation. >> but why aren't you ready just yet? >> if you look at our latest polling, registered voters among women, obama 55, romney 35. a huge gender gap. governor romney needs your help and he can use it now. what's he
house speaker john boehner and mitch mcconnell say they are ready to get behind the overwhelmingly likely republican nominee. >> and i will be proud to support mitt romney and do everything i can to help him win. >> we're all behind him. looking forward to the fall campaign. >> not everyone, of course, has jumped on the romney bandwagon, including congresswoman michele bachmann. she's my guest from capitol hill. is it time to back mitt romney? >> i think like you saw in...
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i think mitch mcconnell. you know, tellingly bill clinton tonight didn't say his name. he just, he just said a senator. what i was struck by, though, is that i expected him to touch on osama bin laden. and here is the -- and here is to hope i would have done the same thing. >> saving it for biden, perhaps. >> maybe. maybe that. is it. but they didn't do that. there are lines here that are going to stick.
i think mitch mcconnell. you know, tellingly bill clinton tonight didn't say his name. he just, he just said a senator. what i was struck by, though, is that i expected him to touch on osama bin laden. and here is the -- and here is to hope i would have done the same thing. >> saving it for biden, perhaps. >> maybe. maybe that. is it. but they didn't do that. there are lines here that are going to stick.
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the fact is that senator mcconnell said that his number one job was to make sure that the president didn't get re-elected, and they have tried to do everything they can to stop us from working together in a bipartisan basis, and they have put the party before the country -- >> and is that going to change? >> well, it will change as they lose the demographic across the board and when they lose this election, they will understand that the party of no has to be a party of yes and a party that works on a bipartisan basis to put america forward. >> that is where the folks are, and folks are tired of the rabid division of democrats and republicans and folks want people to come together to solve the problems and the challenges of america. >> why are are the polls split if the economy has improved as much as the president has talked about and the numbers show, and not where you wanted, but it is better, and if all of these things are true, why has this race stayed the way it has been? >> and it will stay this way probably until the final decision window. none of us should be satisfied with the pla
the fact is that senator mcconnell said that his number one job was to make sure that the president didn't get re-elected, and they have tried to do everything they can to stop us from working together in a bipartisan basis, and they have put the party before the country -- >> and is that going to change? >> well, it will change as they lose the demographic across the board and when they lose this election, they will understand that the party of no has to be a party of yes and a...
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. >> well, the interesting thing is watching mitch mcconnell there. he is the lead republican senator and the highest legislative body and the greatest democracy in the world, and this is a pressing issue, and he says i'm not going to tell you what i think. i'm not going to take a stand. this guy that's not elect to anything yet, we're going to wait for him to make up his mind. this is leadership in the republican party. he tells us what he thinks. mitch mcconnell and the others are just acting like weasles because they're afraid of the politics. >> do you think mitt romney might have been surprised to learn -- leader of the republican party. >> that was not fair to weasle. >> thanks for joining us. david, and ken. next, why democrats -- >> the president was interrupted during the announcement of his new policy. that guy there, that was conservative blogger neil monroe. everyone who was there thought that speech was over, including me. full disclosure, i am a member of the white house press corps. well, technically the white house press corps reserves
. >> well, the interesting thing is watching mitch mcconnell there. he is the lead republican senator and the highest legislative body and the greatest democracy in the world, and this is a pressing issue, and he says i'm not going to tell you what i think. i'm not going to take a stand. this guy that's not elect to anything yet, we're going to wait for him to make up his mind. this is leadership in the republican party. he tells us what he thinks. mitch mcconnell and the others are just...
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the republican leader of the senate mitch mcconnell said republicans number one goal was to make barack obama a one term president. they wouldn't cooperate to create jobs they would try to turn around the economy they wouldn't do anything but stand in the way of president obama. now i've had a front row seat to watch the tea party take over the republican party. for three and a half years they wouldn't govern they couldn't lead and we shouldn't let them take over the senate on the white house. saying the we must stop the tea party before the united states senate falls into the hands of extremists and ideologues who leave no room for reason or compromise who don't recognize common ground even when they're standing on. the ng and if they won't stand up to rush limbaugh or grover norquist what would make him. one thing they would stand up for you to is see today's republican party believes in two sets of rules one for millionaires and billionaires and another for the middle class. and this year they've nominated the strongest proponent and clearest beneficiary of this rig game mitt romney.
the republican leader of the senate mitch mcconnell said republicans number one goal was to make barack obama a one term president. they wouldn't cooperate to create jobs they would try to turn around the economy they wouldn't do anything but stand in the way of president obama. now i've had a front row seat to watch the tea party take over the republican party. for three and a half years they wouldn't govern they couldn't lead and we shouldn't let them take over the senate on the white house....
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promised that they would say no and that's just what they did meanwhile senate minority leader mitch mcconnell blatantly laid it all out when he said that the top priority for republicans was to make barack obama a one term president. top political priority over the next two years should be to deny president obama's second term. their obstruction during the first two years of the obama administration worked mostly in the senate where they could use filibusters procedures like colds and filibusters and republicans capitalized in the twenty ten midterms to take control of the house of representatives which meant that they were in control of the powerful house government oversight committee and could spend the next two years launching an investigation after investigation which shot after which shot all directed at the white house all to d. legitimize the president in january of two thousand and eleven just as republicans were taking the reins of the house of representatives incoming chairman of the house oversight committee darrell issa said he had all logged a list of investigations he was ready
promised that they would say no and that's just what they did meanwhile senate minority leader mitch mcconnell blatantly laid it all out when he said that the top priority for republicans was to make barack obama a one term president. top political priority over the next two years should be to deny president obama's second term. their obstruction during the first two years of the obama administration worked mostly in the senate where they could use filibusters procedures like colds and...
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but you can't reason with somebody who is convinced like mitch mcconnell in destroying you and making you're you're a o one-term president. >> and the seminal moment is when his father was essentially chased out of the republican race after he ended his support for the vietnam war saying this -- >> i had the greatest brainwashing anybody can get. >> that quote was terroristed unfairly and george romney became, sadly, something of a punchline. it was scathing for his son. >> one of the lessons he learned was never to risk being humiliated and never say what you actually think. >> reporter: chk, dr. frank, let's be frank. looking at mitt romney and bara barack obama in terms of mental health is there one you would give the edge to? >> to be president you have to a certain amount of unhealth as long as you're reality tested. you have to be strong and do things that people don't like. you're not always going to be considerate and always be thoughtful. i think that is a different kind of leadership. >> reporter: the view from the couch of dr. justin frank. for "nightline" i'm jake tapper i
but you can't reason with somebody who is convinced like mitch mcconnell in destroying you and making you're you're a o one-term president. >> and the seminal moment is when his father was essentially chased out of the republican race after he ended his support for the vietnam war saying this -- >> i had the greatest brainwashing anybody can get. >> that quote was terroristed unfairly and george romney became, sadly, something of a punchline. it was scathing for his son....
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meet wednesday with congressional leaders, including speaker boehner and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. can we expect any progress out of that get-together? >> look, there's not a whole lot of hope for progress, especially given the fact we're in the middle of this election year. president obama will sort of personally press those congressional leaders to act on some of his economic priorities which we've heard him talk about on the road, talking about things like tax breaks for small businesses as well as help for homeowners, which are struggling. but martin, remember, these were some things that were part of his jobs bill, and of course that didn't pass through congress when it went through congress earlier. so i've spoken to some aides on the hill who said, look, we're open to hearing what the president has to say but we want to him hear come to the table with some new ideas. for example, there's been a lot of debate over a bill that would lower student loan rates. a lot of fighting over how to pay for that bill. so republicans on the hill are interested to see if the president has
meet wednesday with congressional leaders, including speaker boehner and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. can we expect any progress out of that get-together? >> look, there's not a whole lot of hope for progress, especially given the fact we're in the middle of this election year. president obama will sort of personally press those congressional leaders to act on some of his economic priorities which we've heard him talk about on the road, talking about things like tax breaks for...
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making, will make and i think it will have some success in making because you show the clips of mitch mcconnell and john boehner and the others saying no that our entire theory is to stop president obama, stop his programs and his platform. they have been quite frank about their oppositional approach. paul ryan has a plan. there's been a republican proposal here and there. by in large the republicans have defined themselves in opposition to barack obama. they've been very frank about it. the president is going to call them on it and dry to deepen that impression of blame as the campaign is under way. it's clear what the strategy is. blame the republicans for obstructionism. claim credit for whatever economic successes there have been and attack the heck out of mitt romney. you saw it on display today. >> thanks. >>> a republican strategist and former romney advisor says women are not paid less than men. rachel serves him the facts. joan walsh will weigh in. >>> president obama saves the american automobile industry, so the romney camp says it was mitt romney's idea. you don't want to miss this
making, will make and i think it will have some success in making because you show the clips of mitch mcconnell and john boehner and the others saying no that our entire theory is to stop president obama, stop his programs and his platform. they have been quite frank about their oppositional approach. paul ryan has a plan. there's been a republican proposal here and there. by in large the republicans have defined themselves in opposition to barack obama. they've been very frank about it. the...
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you heard it from mitch mcconnell, top priority was defeating the president, not working to aid the economy. and i think that the american people will reject that at the polls on election day. we already know that was a failed governing strategy, but i think americans are going to say, that was a failed political strategy. we want both parties to work together. the president is willing to reach across the aisle to make tough decisions and republicans should be willing to do so as well. >> ben, i will ask you one quick but very important question, which is, are we to believe that the president is going to be existing in a zinger-free zone tonight? there will be no actual zingers? >> i can guarantee you that nothing is going to rhyme or -- nothing in a ridiculously cheesy category. i can't promise he won't be sharp and quick whited at some point during the debate. >> from obama headquarters ben the thunder bolt labolt, thank you as always. >> after the break too little too late despite having months of alarming poll data the romney camp is seemingly only trying to play catch up with women and
you heard it from mitch mcconnell, top priority was defeating the president, not working to aid the economy. and i think that the american people will reject that at the polls on election day. we already know that was a failed governing strategy, but i think americans are going to say, that was a failed political strategy. we want both parties to work together. the president is willing to reach across the aisle to make tough decisions and republicans should be willing to do so as well. >>...
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you bear a responsibility just as much a responsibility as senator mcconnell to make the system work and to do some things. >> i believe that if you look at what linden johnson had to do when he was the leader as i am, was a different world. why? do you know how many filibusters he had to try to override? one. me? 248. >> laura: sounds like the senator is playing the blame game to me. despite all this happy talk he is still bracing for a fight unless he gets his way. >> i'm going to do everything within my power to be as conciliatory as possible. i want to work together. but i want everyone to also understand you can't push us around. democratic strategist marianne marsh and here in d.c. fox news analyst and democrat kirsten powers. i love democrat right in the intro. >> yeah. >> laura: what about this? it sounds nice. let's get along. kum ba yah, hug, huddle together. harry reid had a lot of power in the last couple of years and he decided that they weren't going to pass any budgets and talk about budgets. he wasn't going to do anything. >> both exercise their filibuster rights. >>
you bear a responsibility just as much a responsibility as senator mcconnell to make the system work and to do some things. >> i believe that if you look at what linden johnson had to do when he was the leader as i am, was a different world. why? do you know how many filibusters he had to try to override? one. me? 248. >> laura: sounds like the senator is playing the blame game to me. despite all this happy talk he is still bracing for a fight unless he gets his way. >> i'm...
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that they had on the day of the president's inaugural on how they were going to defeat him or mitch mcconnell's number one goal was to make the president a one-term president. or bringing the economy to the brink of a disaster because speaker boehner couldn't get his republicans together to make sure that everyone was together. >> the demonization of the plan in your words. is that his blueprint for the budget going forward? >> at least he has a blueprint. the president hasn't produced a blueprint. it was rejected unanimously in both branches. if we're concerned about what's happening in europe, if we're concerned about greece and spain, we ought to rein in our spending now. and get our debt and deficit down or else, we'll head down the same path -- >> george, that all sounds great. but the governor hasn't put any details on how he's going to achieve that. the details that he put out, for millionaires and billionaires, he's not telling us how he's going to pay for it. he's going to deregulate wall street. back to risk financial deals that crushed our economy. and the deal on china. >> i want to
that they had on the day of the president's inaugural on how they were going to defeat him or mitch mcconnell's number one goal was to make the president a one-term president. or bringing the economy to the brink of a disaster because speaker boehner couldn't get his republicans together to make sure that everyone was together. >> the demonization of the plan in your words. is that his blueprint for the budget going forward? >> at least he has a blueprint. the president hasn't...
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and texas and wall street, and it has shifted toward the party of mitt romney, john boehner and mitch mcconnell. if karl rove wants to know who may take out their wall >>> i >>> i ezra klein am about to attempt something death defying, i'm going to attempt something that to my knowledge has never been done in primetime television, i'm going the try to convince you in less than two minutes that you should care, really truly care if spanish bond percents are at the right percent. what are they, a bond is what governments use to borrow money. you want money, you sell a bond. the yield is the percent that the government gets on the loan. the more confident a country is that they will be able to pay it back, the less you have to pay to borrow, so we pay just about nothing. a country like spain is considered less of a safe bet so they pay more. a lot more. but here is the thing, most countries print their own currency. so even if they are irresponsible, they print more money and pay down debts, but that can lead to inflation, and a bit of that is better than defaulting all together. but now spain is
and texas and wall street, and it has shifted toward the party of mitt romney, john boehner and mitch mcconnell. if karl rove wants to know who may take out their wall >>> i >>> i ezra klein am about to attempt something death defying, i'm going to attempt something that to my knowledge has never been done in primetime television, i'm going the try to convince you in less than two minutes that you should care, really truly care if spanish bond percents are at the right...
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there's mcconnell to remind you it was all just posturing. thank you, mitch mcconnell. meanwhile, what was happening in the house today? >> i would ask the gentleman from virginia if he would be willing -- or let me rephrase that, he would not object to a unanimous consent in the house to correct a typographical error made by nonpartisan professional staff at the counsel's office. >> madam chairman, this member will reserve the right to object at the appropriate time. >> reclaiming my time -- >> gentleman from california. >> nothing could be more insincere than to pick on professional staff on a typographical error. >> well, you just saw house democrats and house republicans fighting over whether a typo, a typo in a bill could be fixed or not. i wish i was kidding. i am not kidding. so that was congress today. the senate voted on a pair of totally meaningless bills. the house fought about a typo. if any of this comes as a surprise to you, you probably have not been paying close attention. this is not just a bad congress or even a pretty bad congress. i think the case ca
there's mcconnell to remind you it was all just posturing. thank you, mitch mcconnell. meanwhile, what was happening in the house today? >> i would ask the gentleman from virginia if he would be willing -- or let me rephrase that, he would not object to a unanimous consent in the house to correct a typographical error made by nonpartisan professional staff at the counsel's office. >> madam chairman, this member will reserve the right to object at the appropriate time. >>...
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. >> he said do you -- of course i support mitch mcconnell he's our leader. are you part of the minority leader staff and i realized he doesn't get it so i pointed to the pin. blank stare and at that point i said i'm senator lee. what? my name is mike lee, i represent a state called utah. it resembles a chair. it's square. he finally got it at that point he said i'm terribly sorry my name is steve if you want to report me and he ran for the door. i felt bad for steve. i like steve. i chased after him to make sure he knew no hard feelings. so every time i see him in the hall i say high so he knows there are no hard feelings. although it did occur to me, his name is probably not steve. \[laughter] so when i started this year, 2010 i was looking forward to two things, two steps that i believed would help us fundamentally transform our government into that kind of government or something more closely representing or resembling that kind of government that our founding father's envisioned for us. one of those events i knew would occur in june, probable toward the
. >> he said do you -- of course i support mitch mcconnell he's our leader. are you part of the minority leader staff and i realized he doesn't get it so i pointed to the pin. blank stare and at that point i said i'm senator lee. what? my name is mike lee, i represent a state called utah. it resembles a chair. it's square. he finally got it at that point he said i'm terribly sorry my name is steve if you want to report me and he ran for the door. i felt bad for steve. i like steve. i...
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of course i support mitch mcconnell. he is our leader. are you part of the minority leader's staff? that i realized he doesn't get it so i pointed to the sorry senator with a blank stare. he had no idea what i meant to. at that point i timidly said i am senator lee. what? my name is mike lee. i represent a state called you saw. it resembles the chair. he finally got it. at that point the color drained from his face and he said i am terribly sorry. my name is steve and you if you want to report me. then he ran for the door. i felt bad for steve. i like steve. i chased after him to make sure he knew no hard feelings. every time i see steve in the hall i say hi, steve so he knows there are no hard feelings. only recently did it occur to me his name is probably not steve. smurfs so when i started this year, 2012, i was looking forward to two things. two steps that i believe would help us fundamentally transform our government into that kind of government or more closely representing -- resembling that kind of government our founding fathers envisioned for us. one of those events i knew
of course i support mitch mcconnell. he is our leader. are you part of the minority leader's staff? that i realized he doesn't get it so i pointed to the sorry senator with a blank stare. he had no idea what i meant to. at that point i timidly said i am senator lee. what? my name is mike lee. i represent a state called you saw. it resembles the chair. he finally got it. at that point the color drained from his face and he said i am terribly sorry. my name is steve and you if you want to report...